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Shining Light on Farm & Food Policy for 20 Years.
Monday, May 06, 2024
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced a long-awaited final rule imposing requirements on farmers for ensuring that agricultural water doesn't contaminate produce with dangerous pathogens.
The Food and Drug Administration will continue to take the lead in regulating intentional genomic alterations in animals, with assistance from the Agriculture Department on specific products, FDA said Wednesday.
Groups representing consumers and state governments say FDA's budget plans for 2025 mean a de facto cut for essential state programs that are already underfunded. The result could lead to failure to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.
Lawmakers are back in D.C. with four weeks until the Memorial Day deadline set by House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., for moving a new farm bill. Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse about key details of the bill, most notably on cuts to nutrition spending.
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai faces questioning on both sides of Capitol Hill this week amid agrowing ag trade deficit that has fueled Republican attacks ahead of the 2024 presidential election.
The Food and Drug Administration has been testing an array of ideas for new front-of-package nutrition labeling requirements that are due out this summer intending to reduce diet-related diseases.
Congressional leaders announced agreement Sunday on a new stopgap funding bill that would keep the government funded until March 1 for some departments and agencies, including USDA, and to March 8 for the rest.
Lawmakers announce a deal with the White House on topline spending levels for fiscal 2024, clearing the way for appropriators to finalize budget details for USDA and other departments and agencies.